The stone fort at Lunada Bay is set to be demolished. Photo: LA Times
Contractors hired to demolish the stone fort in Lunada Bay got a taste of what has been dealt out to visiting surfers for decades. In a word, vandalism.
Equipment used in the demolition was burned, scratched and slashed on Tuesday night, according to the L.A. Times. The contractors found that an air compressor used to power jackhammers was set on fire, fabric containers used to haul off debris were slashed, and their trucks had been scratched. No word from the Times as to whether the contractors were called kooks, dropped in on and told to GTFOH.
On Monday, trucks arrived and equipment was airlifted to the stone fort, which the city of Palos Verdes Estates decided to raze after a request by the California Coastal Commission. The demolition is set to be completed on Friday. No arrests have been made, according to the Times, but security has been hired to ward off further damage.
The heavily localized spot has been notorious for decades. Non-local surfers have long reported being hassled, harassed, dropped in on and having their cars vandalized for surfing the righthand mushburger. The issue came to a head early this year when a class action lawsuit was filed against the Bay Boys, a group of local surfers who allegedly coordinate the harassment of outsiders and collectively block the public from accessing the coast.
With winter swells set to begin arriving soon, there’s no telling what impact the class action lawsuit against the Lunada Bay Boys or the destruction of the fort will have, if any.
